Reinventing Regulation of Agriculture: Alternative Performance Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are point sources of pollution and require Clean Water Act permits. The 2003 regulations allow Large CAFOs to propose alternative performance standards (APS) that offer equivalent or better environmental performance than the baseline technology. Princip...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural and applied economics 2004-08, Vol.36 (2), p.277-286
Main Authors: Pease, James W., Bosch, Darrell J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animals
Beef cattle
Clean Water Act
Clean Water Act-US
Compliance
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Costs
economics
Effluents
Environmental performance
Environmental protection
Factory farming
Invited Paper Sessions
L51
Litigation
Manures
performance standards
Permits
permitting
Pollutants
pollution
Pollution control
Poultry
Q51
Q52
Q53
Q55
Q58
Rain
Regulation
Regulatory agencies
Revisions
Technology
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